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i don't know that i want the government -- i don't trust the government. i'm a kid of the '60s. >> i tried to immerse myself into all of the arguments without taking a sort of lofty, patronizing view of it. many americans share that view. i don't understand why there's a fear of tyranny given no overseas tyranny could compete with the american military. you are left with domestic tyranny. if your own government becomes radical, they have 5,000 nuclear warheads. how do you possibly defend yourselves? >> yes. >> as many u.s. marines have tweeted me, nor can i see a situation where the american armed forces would go against their own people. >> that's egypt when you watched the egyptian military turn that revolution by saying we won't gun down egyptians in the street. you hope that's the case. i'm saying that it's a different interpretation of second amendment. >> how much do you think lyrics perhaps in music that allude to guns, you have written a song that includes a line of placing a gun to her head and now she's dead. >> not because of the dress. he had g
i don't know that i want the government -- i don't trust the government. i'm a kid of the '60s. >> i tried to immerse myself into all of the arguments without taking a sort of lofty, patronizing view of it. many americans share that view. i don't understand why there's a fear of tyranny given no overseas tyranny could compete with the american military. you are left with domestic tyranny. if your own government becomes radical, they have 5,000 nuclear warheads. how do you possibly defend...
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he's going to try to strike deals with republicans for big picture governance and get things done. run on politics, defeat republicans, don't worry about the nation and do what he wants to do mr. the final two years. that's what paul is getting at. >> i am for striking deals. >> you're for striking republicans. >> i'm for cuts deals but i'm not for saying everybody should come together because here i am. >> when you say ruthless, if a republican member said be ruthless, people would be screaming at you. >> i wasn't quoting. maybe it was ruthless. >> what that means is cutting deals instead of just saying let's reason together, give them something and take something. do the -- >> okay. >> grimy, realistic sometimes unpleasant work of running the country. >> this is the magic that the movie lincoln illustrated. it happened in far more pol polarized congress than the congress we have. president obama is not going to have major legacy piece in terms of legislative achievement if he doesn't have republican support. something has got to be struck. >> you don't see republican support. rep
he's going to try to strike deals with republicans for big picture governance and get things done. run on politics, defeat republicans, don't worry about the nation and do what he wants to do mr. the final two years. that's what paul is getting at. >> i am for striking deals. >> you're for striking republicans. >> i'm for cuts deals but i'm not for saying everybody should come together because here i am. >> when you say ruthless, if a republican member said be ruthless,...
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and the libyan government. so i did see firsthand what ambassador pickering and chairman mullen called timely and exceptional coordination. no delays and in decision-making, no denials of support from washington or from our military, and i want to echo the review board's praise for the valor and courage of our people on the ground, especially our security professionals in benghazi and tripoli. the board said our response saved american lives in real time and it did. the very next morning i told the american people and i quote, heavily armed militants assaulted our compound and vowed to bring them to justice. and i stood later that day with president obama as he spoke of an act of terror. now, you may recall at the same time period we were also seeing violent attacks on our embassies in cairo, sanaa, tunis and khartoum and large protests outside many other posts from india to indonesia where thousands of our diplomats serve. so i immediately ordered a review of our security posture around the world with particul
and the libyan government. so i did see firsthand what ambassador pickering and chairman mullen called timely and exceptional coordination. no delays and in decision-making, no denials of support from washington or from our military, and i want to echo the review board's praise for the valor and courage of our people on the ground, especially our security professionals in benghazi and tripoli. the board said our response saved american lives in real time and it did. the very next morning i told...
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they have designs on overthrowing existing governments, even these new islamist governments of controlling territory. so although there has been the decimation of core al qaeda in the afghanistan/pakistan region, we do have to contend with the wannabes and affiliates going forward. >> thank you, madam. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you, madam secretary for being here and it's great to see you today. you have been, i think, a real and dedicated public servant for this country and your travels around the world as many here have talked about it, the million miles that you have put on and all the countries you visited and i think you've been to many countries where they've never had a secretary of state and i've seen firsthand when i've been to many of these countries, the difference it makes to have you there on the ground. so i, first of all, just want to thank you for that and i know it does take a toll but you are incredibly dedicated to that. secondly, it's great to see you here in good health. >> thank you. >> smiling and engaging with all of us. and i want to ad to the list, peop
they have designs on overthrowing existing governments, even these new islamist governments of controlling territory. so although there has been the decimation of core al qaeda in the afghanistan/pakistan region, we do have to contend with the wannabes and affiliates going forward. >> thank you, madam. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you, madam secretary for being here and it's great to see you today. you have been, i think, a real and dedicated public servant for this country...
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he's comparing to an east german government effort to dope at the olympics. he also denied that even within the sport of cycling, it was not the most sophisticated. but you're saying, juliet, it's arguable whether in all sports, but in the sport of cycling there was no other team that could do what this team could. >> well, i'm not sure. but if there was a team like that, then the u.s. postal service team wouldn't have won seven tours in a row. that was pretty phenomenal. there was a reason for that. you know, people tend to think it was because they were doping better than everybody else. >> it's, again, another development in this ongoing story. we'll continue to follow it. betty andreu we appreciate talking to you. and juliet macur as well. thank you very much. we're talking about this on twitter. let's continue the conversation on twitter @anderson cooper. >>> president obama sitting down for his first joint interview with secretary of state hillary clinton. we'll take a listen to some of what they said and look ahead at what could be next for secretary c
he's comparing to an east german government effort to dope at the olympics. he also denied that even within the sport of cycling, it was not the most sophisticated. but you're saying, juliet, it's arguable whether in all sports, but in the sport of cycling there was no other team that could do what this team could. >> well, i'm not sure. but if there was a team like that, then the u.s. postal service team wouldn't have won seven tours in a row. that was pretty phenomenal. there was a...
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it was harder to govern then. >> you also think about, had the clintons and how bill clinton -- he seemed to revel in politics, the reaching out to people. in the article, i found it fascinating that the obamas haven't had bill and hillary clinton over for dinner. i -- i mean, she's -- all the things that bill clinton did during the campaign, all the work that hillary clinton's done, they've never had a dinner at the white house with them? >> i think this is something outsiders find difficult and surprising. the obamas can be vivacious, charming they have great public personalities. what people in washington see -- but i think people all over the country don't necessarily see it, there's an intro version there, a self-protectedness. the obamas said both when the president became famous in 2004 and again when they came to washington, no new friends, which is the opposite of what we expect from politicians. they generally succeed by making everybody their friend. >> some people like to be president because they enjoy the office, other people relish power. >> and isn't it true, after meeting
it was harder to govern then. >> you also think about, had the clintons and how bill clinton -- he seemed to revel in politics, the reaching out to people. in the article, i found it fascinating that the obamas haven't had bill and hillary clinton over for dinner. i -- i mean, she's -- all the things that bill clinton did during the campaign, all the work that hillary clinton's done, they've never had a dinner at the white house with them? >> i think this is something outsiders find...
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government. they are looking and there have been strong words from the president on down that justice will be served one way or another, but you're absolutely right. they had a few leads. there were a few arrests. that investigation doesn't seem to be going anywhere and, look, there's a lot of chaotic situation that remains in libya, especially the benghazi area. we see the spillover from libya and ongoing into algeria, mali, elsewhere in north africa, i'm sure in tunisia, maybe even in egypt. this is a serious problem and maybe the secretary even in these final days of her tenure as the secretary of state, she'll be asked about this unrest. the arab spring in north africa and the middle east was supposed to lead to drem kra democracy a there's so much more work to be done and so many more challenges that are very real that could plague the obama administration, indeed, for the next four years. >> how much do you think this is going to be questioned about clearly this hostage incident has been re
government. they are looking and there have been strong words from the president on down that justice will be served one way or another, but you're absolutely right. they had a few leads. there were a few arrests. that investigation doesn't seem to be going anywhere and, look, there's a lot of chaotic situation that remains in libya, especially the benghazi area. we see the spillover from libya and ongoing into algeria, mali, elsewhere in north africa, i'm sure in tunisia, maybe even in egypt....
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french government workers to stop using terms like weekend, and hamburger, and e-mail. and use french equivalents instead. they encourage teachers to introduce the new terms in schools. now the commission has a new target. hash tag. now, a hash tag is a word or a phrase prefixed with a pound sign. just like that. hash tag. it's used to mark key words or topics often on twitter. the american dialect society even voted it the word of the year. but the commissione hates that word because it is in english. they have invented a new term for the french to use. this term translates to sharp word. because the number sign looks like the sharp symbol used in music. the sharp symbol leans a little more to the left. but you know, it's appropriate. it's a little clunkier than the hash tag, too. but according to the commissione, that is the one the french will use. listen, france, we understand why you're doing this. france was the most important language for almost 300 years. you know what, we're probably going to feel same way about mandarin one day. but we don't ban your words. we
french government workers to stop using terms like weekend, and hamburger, and e-mail. and use french equivalents instead. they encourage teachers to introduce the new terms in schools. now the commission has a new target. hash tag. now, a hash tag is a word or a phrase prefixed with a pound sign. just like that. hash tag. it's used to mark key words or topics often on twitter. the american dialect society even voted it the word of the year. but the commissione hates that word because it is in...
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i don't know that i want the government -- i don't trust the government. do you know what i mean? i'm cynical. i'm a kid of the '60s. >> i understand -- listen, i've tried to immerse myself into all the arguments without taking a sort of lofty, patronizing view of it. i know that many americans share that view. i don't fully understand why there's sort of a fear of tyranny given no overseas tyranny could possibly compete with the american military. >> i think we're worried about tyranny withfrom within. >> you are left with domestic tyranny. if your own government becomes tyrannical they've got 5,000 nuclear warheads. how do you possibly defend yourselves? >> well, you know -- yes. >> nor can i obviously by the way, as many u.s. marines have tweeted me, say, nor can i ever see a situation where the american armed forces would go against their own people. >> well, that's sort of egypt, i guess, when you watched the egyptian military ultimately turn that revolution by saying no, we're not going to gun down egyptians in the street. you hope that's the case. i'm just saying in an esot
i don't know that i want the government -- i don't trust the government. do you know what i mean? i'm cynical. i'm a kid of the '60s. >> i understand -- listen, i've tried to immerse myself into all the arguments without taking a sort of lofty, patronizing view of it. i know that many americans share that view. i don't fully understand why there's sort of a fear of tyranny given no overseas tyranny could possibly compete with the american military. >> i think we're worried about...
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did the government do enough to protect their citizens? did the state department ignore social security concerns? what are survivors telling investigators, and what's being done to track down the terrorist that laid siege on these offices. it's likely to be a day of blunt questions and intense scrutiny, wolf blitzer is in washington to begin our coverage. >>> good morning, it will be a very important day for the secretary of state this morning. she has a big challenge ahead of her. she has to convince not only men members of the senate, but later the house that she is on top of what happened, why four diplomats were killed, she has to explain what she was doing on that very day. jake tapper is our chief correspondent. it's one of those hearings that we're interested in seeing how tough the questions will wind up being. >> that's right, for secretary of state hillary clinton this is the losing time of her tenure. she'll be leaving in the next few days. this is a rather uncomfortable swan song for her. also, we have some new members includin
did the government do enough to protect their citizens? did the state department ignore social security concerns? what are survivors telling investigators, and what's being done to track down the terrorist that laid siege on these offices. it's likely to be a day of blunt questions and intense scrutiny, wolf blitzer is in washington to begin our coverage. >>> good morning, it will be a very important day for the secretary of state this morning. she has a big challenge ahead of her. she...
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the government says he was buried by al qaeda-linked militants as an undisclosed location. the death could affect aqap's fund-raising ability, but unfortunately, someone else will take his place. >>> it has been 539 days since the united states lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? well, the number of americans filing for new jobless benefits fell again last week, hitting a five-year low for the second week running, and that is good news. >>> and in our fourth story "outfront," an imminent threat. the united states is warning americans to stay out of benghazi, libya, the site of the deadly attack four months ago. this comes as the british government warns of a specific and imminent threat to westerners in that city. germany and the netherlands also told their citizens to leave immediately. the terror threat in north africa is a growing concern for the obama administration. one that is opening up an incredibly divisive debate about what the united states should do. pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is "outfront." hillary clinton says it's risky to
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they want bigger government. nothing to do with immigration. >> i want to get maria's response. in a word, what is your problem with it as you perceive it? do you think the 11 million people here, there should be no path to citizenship? >> why would you give -- the most important, the most valuable thing we hand out to people who come here legally, that is citizenship, why would you do this to them? why would you be so unfair as to say, we're going to take that one thing, the best thing we give you for doing it the right way, and give it to people who did not do it the right way. it is not fair. >> maria, let me ask you a question about what the president is actually going to do about this and let me get this -- i want to play a sound bite for you. this is what democratic representative luis gutierrez told cnn today about what the president is going to do on immigration. >> the important thing on friday's meeting is that the president said he's going to make this his top priority, his number one priority. >> july 8, 2008, the president of the united states speaking to the league
they want bigger government. nothing to do with immigration. >> i want to get maria's response. in a word, what is your problem with it as you perceive it? do you think the 11 million people here, there should be no path to citizenship? >> why would you give -- the most important, the most valuable thing we hand out to people who come here legally, that is citizenship, why would you do this to them? why would you be so unfair as to say, we're going to take that one thing, the best...
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any reaction from the north korean government? i imagine they're not pleased with this. >> there are only a handful of the elitist people that get the internet. this is not a widespread controversial. now they know -- there were always roads, we could see them on satellite. the soccer stadiums are there. nuclear facilities are located there, where before we had no idea where anything was. >> does this have anything to do with the recent trip, schmitt with bill richardson, taken on a tour, the state department wasn't thrilled but the fact they were used for propaganda purposes? any link to the timing of that? something that happened they coordinated? >> there's never a bad thing when people talk. something can get resolved. some things can happen for the good when people talk to each other. sit down and have a decent conversation. nobody's explaining that happened or didn't happen and no one's saying anything this is why point a to point b and now we have point c, nobody's drawing that line. >> amazing. wonder if there are blank sp
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they have seen two devices being tested, but you talk to all the experts inside and outside government. north korea doesn't have the long range missile capability to reach the united states and it does not have the ability to put a nuclear warhead on to a missile. right now it doesn't have it. it's much more of an ongoing threat and somebody that has to be dealt with and definitely a rhetorical threat. >> that are out of the way, north korea feels betrayed by china. it sided with the u.s.-led sanctions. how does our rep with china play into all of this? china is the only major diplomatic ally in the region. >> it's incredibly important because the united states said it needs to be in the negotiations and not bilaterally, but with china and japan and the other countries which are evolved. china is the that is considered to have the most leverage with north corae because it shares a border and gives a lot of aid and a lot of engage ams and leadership of both countries meeting on a fairly regular basis. china doesn't want to see the tests by north korea. china getz angry when there the nu
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if you ask john boehner or mitch mcconnell, they believe the size of government, debt and deficit is is the biggest issues. and if you listen to the speech yesterday, he made only passing references to that. talk of immigration reform, many republicans including the speaker want to work with the president on that but if he talks a lot publicly, it puts pressure on the conservative base which any legal status is amnesty. the president also talking about gun control and gun rights, just talked to tom fuentes, it stretches the political coalition. the things that the president highlighted and spend more time on his inauguration address, the republicans are saying now you see the real obama. now that he doesn't have to face the voters in four years, he's going to move to the left and gay rights, gun control, grassroots that stress the republican coalition and likely to strain an already difficult relationship between the president and leaders and the man we're about to hear from john boehner is most important because he runs the house. >> i heard from a few republicans. they thought afte
if you ask john boehner or mitch mcconnell, they believe the size of government, debt and deficit is is the biggest issues. and if you listen to the speech yesterday, he made only passing references to that. talk of immigration reform, many republicans including the speaker want to work with the president on that but if he talks a lot publicly, it puts pressure on the conservative base which any legal status is amnesty. the president also talking about gun control and gun rights, just talked to...
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kate. >> hitting every sector of the government. that's for sure. barbara starr, thank you very much. >>> still ahead, republicans complaining that the president is launching a new era of liberalism. we'll discuss if there is truth to that. and find out what happened when lightning struck a plane in flight. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely looking up. [ male announcer ] with no blackout dates, you can use your citi thankyou points to travel whenever you want. visit citi.com/thankyoucards to apply. ya. alright, another one just like that. right in the old bucket. good toss! see that's much better! that was good. you had your shoulder pointed, you kept your eyes on your target. let's do it again -- watch me. just like that one... [ male announcer ] the dur
kate. >> hitting every sector of the government. that's for sure. barbara starr, thank you very much. >>> still ahead, republicans complaining that the president is launching a new era of liberalism. we'll discuss if there is truth to that. and find out what happened when lightning struck a plane in flight. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new...
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government could have been done more? >> i think the syrians, as i said, are the one who is will bring the answer to the problem. just as in iraq, iraqis brought the solution to the iraq crisis, to the iraq war. the americans can help, and we helped in iraq, but ultimately, it wasn't the americans, despite our help, it was iraqis. in syria, again, it has to be syrians who find their way forward. >> reporter: now, wolf, the u.s. has already pledged $210 million in assistance to the 2.6 million syrians who have been displaced by the conflict. it's clearly not enough. there's going to be a donor's conference in kuwait that ambassador ford will be attending to try to attract some more money to it. this problem is enormous and it continues to grow, and sadly, it's not new. there's clearly not enough help for these desperate people fleeing this conflict. wolf? >> ivan watson on the scene for us along the border with syria in turkey. thank you. >>> so many people, you, me, so many people have iphones and macs and ipads, so the r
government could have been done more? >> i think the syrians, as i said, are the one who is will bring the answer to the problem. just as in iraq, iraqis brought the solution to the iraq crisis, to the iraq war. the americans can help, and we helped in iraq, but ultimately, it wasn't the americans, despite our help, it was iraqis. in syria, again, it has to be syrians who find their way forward. >> reporter: now, wolf, the u.s. has already pledged $210 million in assistance to the...
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no government gave them to us and no government can ever take them away. >> i defended the second amendment flying in combat over iraq in kuwait, you know, defending our country. i own a gun. this really isn't about the second amendment. >> reporter: these will be the star witnesses at congresses' first hearing since the shooting in newtown. mark kelly, the husband of gabby giffords who was shot in the head, six people died in the attack. the couple are gun owners themselves and used to practice at an nra range. now they are taking on the powerful gun lobby. kelly tells cnn they support extensive gun control, including restricting high-capacity weapons, like the one used by giffords' shooter. >> he was taken down after unloading ten rounds in a magazine, then there would certainly be other people that didn't -- that died that day that would be alive today. >> reporter: as the nra's executive director, wayne lapierre is the defender of gun rights. his prepared testimony released by the nra sounds familiar warnings. law-eye biding gun owners will not take responsibility for criminals nor do w
no government gave them to us and no government can ever take them away. >> i defended the second amendment flying in combat over iraq in kuwait, you know, defending our country. i own a gun. this really isn't about the second amendment. >> reporter: these will be the star witnesses at congresses' first hearing since the shooting in newtown. mark kelly, the husband of gabby giffords who was shot in the head, six people died in the attack. the couple are gun owners themselves and...
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, the legislative, and the judicial branches of the government. the president and the first lady and the vice president and the second lady, they'll be going from statuary hall. they'll be going to take a look at reverend martin luther king jr. statue in the capitol, then they'll be reviewing some military troops. they'll also begin what is historic tradition, going back to president george washington, a parade on this inauguration day, a parade from capitol hill, all the way to where i am right now in front of the north lawn of the white house, the reviewing stand. the parade, it's about to begin. we'll have live coverage, every float, every band. you'll want to see it. don't go away. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in his lower back. as lines grow longer, his pain continues to linger. but after a long day of helping others, he gets some helpful advice. just two aleve have the strength to keep back pain away all day. today, jason chose aleve. just two pills for all day pain relief. try aleve d for strong, all day long s
, the legislative, and the judicial branches of the government. the president and the first lady and the vice president and the second lady, they'll be going from statuary hall. they'll be going to take a look at reverend martin luther king jr. statue in the capitol, then they'll be reviewing some military troops. they'll also begin what is historic tradition, going back to president george washington, a parade on this inauguration day, a parade from capitol hill, all the way to where i am...